Anders Olof Berglund (born 21 July 1948) is a

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, conductor,

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and

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Career

Born in Stockholm, Berglund is best known as conductor of

Melodifestivalen Melodifestivalen (; literally "the Melody Festival") is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song ...

, the Swedish final of the

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...

. He was musical director of the ESC when the event was hosted by

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in Malmö in

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. In addition he also acted as one of the Swedish commentators for the 1999 Contest together with Pekka Heino. In the 1970s he was a member of the band

Blue Swede Blue Swede were a Swedish rock band fronted by Björn Skifs which was active between the years 1973–1979. Blue Swede released two albums of cover versions, including a rendition of "Hooked on a Feeling", which brought them international chart s ...

. He composed the music of the musical ''SKÅL'' at the Maxim-theatre in 1985. 1997-2005 he was one of the team captains/pianists in the popular Swedish TV show

Så ska det låta ''Så ska det låta'' is a Swedish game show, based on the Irish ''The Lyrics Board''. The show was introduced in 1997 and led by Peter Harryson until Peter Settman took over in 2006. In 2014, Kalle Moraeus became the third host of the show. In ...

. In Autumn 2007, Berglund arranged the music in the musical "Sound of Music" at the Göta Lejon.

Selected Original Scores composed

*1983 - Two Boys and One Girl *1988 - Gull-Pian *1989 - 1939 (film) *1990 - Nils Karlsson-Pyssling *1997 -

Pippi Longstocking Pippi Longstocking ( sv, Pippi Långstrump) is the fictional main character in an eponymous series of children's books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Pippi was named by Lindgren's daughter Karin, who asked her mother for a get-well story wh ...

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References

External links

"Anders Berglund: Leader of the Band", ''iTunes''
1948 births Living people Swedish composers Swedish male composers Eurovision Song Contest conductors Swedish pianists Male pianists 21st-century conductors (music) 21st-century pianists 21st-century Swedish male musicians Blue Swede members {{sweden-musician-stub